f# a# ∞ (godspeed you! black emperor)

debut album of (mostly) instrumental post-rock from everyone’s favorite montréal anarchists, godspeed you! black emperor. there’s two drummers. there’s two bassists (one mostly plays contrabass). there’s even two 16mm projectionists, whose work is integral to their live shows. the band etched a drone into the runoff groove of the vinyl version of the album; it’s runtime is technically infinite as a result.

your reaction to this information is probably a pretty good indication of whether you’ll think this is pretentious garbage or about the most incredible one hour/infinity of music you’ve ever experienced. give it a chance just in case it’s the latter.

also: i have a tattoo of the album cover (the cd cover, as seen above—the lp is different and in true diy spirit has three different versions itself; the packaging was handmade for the initial release of 500 copies).

also also: you may have heard “east hastings” in 28 days later—danny boyle had the song in mind for the soundtrack when making the film and listened to it regularly throughout the process.

a little resistance always maybe, stubborn tiny lights vs. clustering darkness forever ok?